We arrived Friday morning after a long two day and two night trip. The good news was that we were able to get in some nice sailing, a rare thing. Thursday it was cloudy all day long. We had some rain as well, but the cloudy weather was actually welcome.

So here we are in Panama where we'll be for the next several months. Steve was anxious to get to Des Moines for a wedding this weekend and manage to get a flight out yesterday morning. We'll miss him. He's been good crew.

Sue is hoping to get a flight soon to visit her mom in Maryland particularly since she has not been well. Mike will stay with the boat and work on the many tasks that seem to eat up our existence. We pulled into the Carenero Marina this morning so we are now benefiting from good electricity and water.